Kernel panic worsens! :(

Dmitry Konyshev dmitry.konyshev at auriga.ru
Thu Apr 22 10:50:49 EDT 2004


Oliver Korpilla wrote:

>>> I'm trying to get my Linux to boot its root filesystem from flash
>>> (JFFS2) on the following hardware:
>>>
>>    There's no need in ftl when using jffs2, it is only needed when 
>> using "traditional" filesystems upon mtds.
>>    Just mount jffs2 on the block mtd device (don't forget to 
>> previously erase the device using erase(all) utility) and you're done.
>>
>> wbr, Dmitry.
>>
>
> This time eraseall worked, but when trying the following:
>
> / # cat tmp/rootfs.jffs2.img > /dev/mtd0
> Waiting for write to complete timed out in do_write_oneword.Scheduling
> in interrupt
> kernel BUG at sched.c:564!
>
I've just noticed that you're compiling official kernel sources. They 
don't contain last mtd sources, which can be found in mtd cvs (how to 
use that cvs described at http://linux-mtd.infradead.org/).

wbr, Dmitry.





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